Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
BILL BRADLEYBecoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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Al Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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When the playing is over, one can sense that one’s youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.
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When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.
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The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That’s the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.
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When you’re not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
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Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.
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How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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People tell me, “I’m glad you said that.” But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain.
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A lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.
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Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
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